{"id":13084,"date":"2026-05-28T11:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=13084"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:06:07","slug":"interactive-kiosks","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/articles\/interactive-kiosks\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you remember interactive kiosks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p>The CD-ROM is often remembered as a symbol of 1990s home computing. When we think of it today, we usually imagine it within the environment of a family computer, with encyclopedias, games, language courses, and bulky plastic jewel cases stacked next to the monitor. But that story is only part of the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before CD-ROMs became common in private households, many people first encountered them elsewhere: in museums, libraries, exhibitions, fairs, trade shows, and other public spaces \u2014 and sometimes without even realizing it. At the beginning of the decade, CD-ROM drives were still making their way into homes and were often sold as expensive \u201cmultimedia upgrade kits.\u201d In other words, the CD-ROM was not immediately or exclusively a domestic media. It has also been one of the invisible technical components used, for instance, by various services to \u201cinterface\u201d with customers and visitors through an interactive kiosk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"more-than-just-a-screen-in-a-box\"\n    >\nMore than just a screen in a box <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Interactive kiosks are part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/kibis\/the-doctrine-of-kiosks-how-kiosks-evolved-over-time-1425cde6b9cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long<\/a> lineage of <a href=\"https:\/\/kioskindustry.org\/kiosk-about-2023\/kiosk-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earlier technologies<\/a>, including vending machines, ATMs, and ticket machines. Typically, they combined a computer fitted into a cabinet, a hidden CD-ROM drive, and a screen (sometimes a touchscreen), with a trackball or a trackpad. The CD-ROM storage capacity made it possible to combine text, sound, images, and sometimes video on a single support and to deliver them on demand in real time. In addition, buttons, menus, and navigation paths were carefully structured into a navigable environment through custom authoring software. This made the CD-ROM an ideal tool not only for presenting content, but also for demonstrating projects and promoting multimedia products.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"Interactive kiosk presenting The Family of Man exhibition\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105519\/GINA_combo.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105519\/GINA_combo-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105519\/GINA_combo-1024x234.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105519\/GINA_combo-768x176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105519\/GINA_combo-1536x351.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105519\/GINA_combo-2048x468.jpg 2048w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 32\/9; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>            <p class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image-caption\">\n            An interactive kiosk presenting the \u201cThe Family of Man\u201d exhibition and additional content during its 1993 relaunch in Clervaux (in this particular setting, GINA&#8217;s interactive software was operated from the hard drive while the CD-ROM drive only played the audio tracks).. Courtesy of Nico Mack.[        <\/p>\n    <\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"CD-i player, advertising display kiosk,\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105608\/Philips_Z119_kiosk_CD-i-web.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105608\/Philips_Z119_kiosk_CD-i-web-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105608\/Philips_Z119_kiosk_CD-i-web-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105608\/Philips_Z119_kiosk_CD-i-web-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105608\/Philips_Z119_kiosk_CD-i-web.jpg 1038w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 2\/3; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>            <p class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image-caption\">\n            CD-i player, advertising display kiosk, c. 1995 \u00a9 Royal Philips \/ Philips Company Archives         <\/p>\n    <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"two-uses-of-the-interactive-kiosk\"\n    >\nTwo uses of the interactive kiosk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadly speaking, these kiosks offered two kinds of experience. The first one was access to databases. In information centres, libraries, and trade shows, they allowed users to consult large quantities of data in ways that had previously been difficult to make available with such flexibly and so quickly. The second one was cultural mediation. In exhibitions and museums, kiosks introduced visitors to collections, enriched their understanding of a display, and offered multimedia access to cultural content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, early interactive multimedia did not come up with established habits or routines; it had to be learned, demonstrated, and guided. In this way, interactive kiosks have allowed people to discover a new kind of content and how to navigate through it. Yet even then, human assistance often remained necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"luxembourg-examples-gina-and-ena\"\n    >\nLuxembourg examples: GINA and ENA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Luxembourg offers some particularly revealing examples of the development of interactive kiosks. A leading force in the country\u2019s multimedia innovation was the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor (CRP Henri Tudor), founded in 1987. Within it, the Centre de Ressources Multim\u00e9dia (CR-MM) was established in 1989 to develop expertise in integrated computer-based multimedia. One of CR-MM\u2019s main ambitions was to make these emerging technologies accessible to broader publics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A clear outcome of this effort was GINA (Generic Interactive NAvigator), <a href=\"https:\/\/viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu\/ark:70795\/cxvn3kvx12\/pages\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a joint project between the Centre national de l\u2019audiovisuel (CNA) and CR-MM<\/a>, designed in 1993 to accompany Edward Steichen\u2019s The Family of Man exhibition in Clervaux. GINA took the form of a multilingual and multimedia touchscreen kiosk. Inspired by the idea of a digital version of the \u201cvirtual museum\u201d implemented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computinghistory.org.uk\/det\/55936\/The-Virtual-Museum-(USA)\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by Apple on CD-ROM<\/a>, INA allowed visitors to explore the exhibition interactively and deepen their experience through an innovative interface, with buttons, menus and a 3D representation of the space.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"Cover page of &#039;L\u00ebtzebuerger Land&#039; focusing on multimedia\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105704\/GINA_Family_of_man-web.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105704\/GINA_Family_of_man-web-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105704\/GINA_Family_of_man-web-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105704\/GINA_Family_of_man-web-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105704\/GINA_Family_of_man-web.jpg 1500w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>            <p class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image-caption\">\n            Multimedia Eine neue Technologie auf der Suche nach ihren Anwendungsgebieten. In: d&#8217;Letzeburger Land, 40. Jg., n\u00ba 42 (22.10.1993), p. 23. Digitised by the National Library of Luxembourg.        <\/p>\n    <\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"ENA\u2019s kiosk\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105757\/borne_ENA_computer-web.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105757\/borne_ENA_computer-web-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105757\/borne_ENA_computer-web-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105757\/borne_ENA_computer-web-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01105757\/borne_ENA_computer-web.jpg 825w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 2\/3; object-fit: cover; width: 75%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"ENA\u2019s kiosks\n\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01110027\/borne_ENA_arborescence-web.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01110027\/borne_ENA_arborescence-web-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01110027\/borne_ENA_arborescence-web-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01110027\/borne_ENA_arborescence-web-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/01110027\/borne_ENA_arborescence-web.jpg 1200w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 1\/1; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>            <p class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image-caption\">\n            ENA\u2019s kiosks. Source: Archives ENA, cvce.eu by uni.lu        <\/p>\n    <\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvce.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European NAvigator (ENA)<\/a> extended this multimedia logic beyond the museum setting. Initiated in 1992 by Marianne Backes, ENA was conceived as a multilingual digital library on the history of European integration, targeting mainly students, teachers, researchers, and journalists. Built around thematic files combining historical documents and audiovisual materials, the software offered multiple pathways for navigation such as a tree structure, a search engine, and a thesaurus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benefiting from the technical and conceptual support of CRP Henri Tudor, ENA drew directly on the model established by GINA, notably through its authoring system and its use of kiosks. The ENA prototype, completed in 1998, marked a technological shift from GINA\u2019s hard-drive-based system through its implementation on CD-ROM. However, it was never commercially released and instead went online in 2001. Public kiosks nonetheless remained an important part of ENA&#8217;s dissemination strategy, serving as demonstration devices in public and institutional spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"another-history-of-the-cd-rom\"\n    >\nAnother? history of the CD-ROM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Seen from the specific experience of the interactive kiosk, the history of CD-ROM looks rather different. Instead of treating it only as a short-lived domestic medium, we can see it as an almost invisible support for public communication and dissemination. It stored large amounts of multimedia material, made them available on demand, and allowed institutions and companies to test interfaces, study how users reacted, engage consumers and visitors, and demonstrate projects or products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The continued presence of kiosks even after the rise of the internet further suggests that the CD-ROM should not be understood as a simple object within a succession of obsolete media but rather as a versatile technology, flexible enough to become at the same time part of an infrastructure for data circulation and part of professional and domestic multimedia environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"sources-and-references\"\n    >\nSources and references:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel Thierry, \u00ab L\u2019usage des automates interactifs dans les lieux publics \u00bb, Communication [online], Vol. 29\/1 | 2011, published online on 19 June 2013, consulted on  29 April 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4000\/communication.2381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4000\/communication.2381<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller, G., Hoffert, E., Chen, S.E., Patterson, E., Blackketter, D., Rubin, S., Applin, S.A., Yim, D. and Hanan, J. (1992), The virtual museum: Interactive 3D navigation of a multimedia database. J. Visual. Comput. Animat., 3: 183-197.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KIBIS. \u2018The Doctrine of Kiosks: How Kiosks Evolved over Time?\u2019 KIBIS, 19 June 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/kibis\/the-doctrine-of-kiosks-how-kiosks-evolved-over-time-1425cde6b9cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/kibis\/the-doctrine-of-kiosks-how-kiosks-evolved-over-time-1425cde6b9cd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiosk Industry: Self-Service Kiosks, Digital Signage, and Unattended Retail. \u2018History of Kiosks: A Comprehensive Overview\u2019. Accessed 29 April 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/kioskindustry.org\/kiosk-about-2023\/kiosk-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/kioskindustry.org\/kiosk-about-2023\/kiosk-history\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiosk Industry: Self-Service Kiosks, Digital Signage, and Unattended Retail, \u2018Los Alamos Kiosk Report Table of Contents\u2019. Accessed 29 April 2026. htt<a href=\"\/\/kioskindustry.org\/los-alamos-kiosk-report-table-of-contents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ps:\/\/kioskindustry.org\/los-alamos-kiosk-report-table-of-contents\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TIPSSuperUser. \u2018A Journey through the History of Kiosks\u2019. DynaTouch News, 9 June 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.dynatouch.com\/a-journey-through-the-history-of-kiosks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/news.dynatouch.com\/a-journey-through-the-history-of-kiosks\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"py-48 first:pt-0 last:pb-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-list\">\n    \n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\nAuthor(s)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"flex flex-wrap -mx-16 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-wrapper\">\n    <li class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2 p-16 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-automated\"><div class=\"ulux-card card-people bg-theme\"><div class=\"list-people bg-theme\">\n    <div class=\"list-people__container\">\n        <div class=\"list-people__visual\">\n            <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image\">\n                <!-- Template Image Component: default -->\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" width=\"\" height=\"\" rel=\"\" alt=\"Dr. Fred PAILLER SARRAZIN\" 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<\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-people__body\">\n            <h3 class=\"list-people__title\">Victoria MOUTON<\/h3>\n            <p class=\"list-people__description\">Research and Development Specialist<\/p>\n            <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-simple-cta wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-automated\">\n    <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/people\/victoria-mouton\/\"\n        class=\"link-text link-text--icon list-people__link link-absolute\"\n        target=\"\"\n    >\n        <span class=\"link-text__body\">\n            <span class=\"link-text__name\">Learn more<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section 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